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Mercatus Center

Name: Mercatus Center grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

226
grants reported: $21.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Washington Seattle1 grant · $4.2M
Kyiv School of Economics4 grants · $3.3M
George Mason University3 grants · $1.9M
Essential Impact1 grant · $1.0M
George Mason University Foundation4 grants · $654,887
Cornell University2 grants · $653,226
Ukraine Defense Fund1 grant · $500,000
Caribbean Progress Studies Institute3 grants · $475,300
Yale University1 grant · $400,000
California Institute of Technology2 grants · $386,219

Giving over time

$8.2M

2021

$6.7M

2022

$3.5M

2023

$2.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 226 grants.

$4.2M
University of Washington Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2021
Research Grants
$1.1M
Kyiv School of Economics · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$1.1M
Kyiv School of Economics · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$1.0M
Essential Impact · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Research Grants
$1.0M
Kyiv School of Economics · New York, NY · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$764,235
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Student development/education grant
$683,483
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$500,000
Ukraine Defense Fund · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Research Grants
$437,945
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$400,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$343,000
Caribbean Progress Studies Institute · Huntington Beach, CA · 2022
Research Grants
$332,113
Cornell University · New York, NY · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$321,113
Cornell University · New York, NY · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$300,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021
Research Grant
$223,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$185,887
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
General Support Grants
$166,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Student development/education grant
$142,000
Aitwg · Towson, MD · 2022
Research Grants
$125,000
Caribbean Progress Studies Institute · Huntington Beach, CA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$124,829
Idaho State University · Pocatello, ID · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$109,406
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$100,000
Chinatalk Group Llc · New York, NY · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
The Argument · Washington, DC · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
Ukraine Global Scholars Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
Drizzle Health Llc · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
Scroll Prize · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
Ukraine Global Scholars Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
Aavishkaar USA · Hastings, MN · 2022
Research Grants
$100,000
Capitol Court Ventures · Washington, DC · 2022
Research Grants
$100,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
Readtrellis · New York, NY · 2022
Research Grants
$100,000
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2021
Research Grant
$100,000
Gaspard Llc · Sheridan, WY · 2021
Research Grants
$100,000
Institute for Progress and Altruism · Washington, DC · 2021
Research Grant
$100,000
Kyiv School of Economics · Oakland, CA · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$100,000
Norn Group · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Research Grants
$100,000
Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2021
Research Grant
$100,000
Property and Environment Research Center · Bozeman, MT · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$86,219
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$85,000
Mediators Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$83,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$80,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$80,000
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Research Grants
$80,000
Catherine Project · Oakland, MD · 2021
Research Grants
$73,000
The Mill Institute · Champaign, IL · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$72,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$70,000
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$68,900
University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$65,466
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$65,000
The Econ of Llc · Providence, UT · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$65,000
Nomos Ai · Riverhead, NY · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$64,449
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$61,000
Airbound · Seattle, WA · 2022
Research Grants
$60,000
Dirac Labs · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$60,000
Internet Activism · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Research Grants
$60,000
Neighborly Faith · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Research Grants
$60,000
Openmind Platform · New York, NY · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$58,366
University of North Texas · Denton, TX · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$55,900
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$55,000
Nucleate Bio · Brighton, MA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Arc Prize Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Center for Innovative Governance Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Edge Institute · Austin, TX · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Nucleate Bio · Brighton, MA · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
The David Network · Vienna, VA · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Women'S Health Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Center for Innovative Governance Research · Washington, DC · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Institute for Family Studies · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Le Sallay & Marabou International Studies · Crouton On Hudson, NY · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Teachergimbel Corporation · Washington, DC · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
The Miami Native · Key Biscayne, FL · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$50,000
Complyai · Elmhurst, IL · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
Gelles · Glendale, CA · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
New Kite Data Labs · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
Rhodus · New York, NY · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
Seren Labs Llc · Austin, TX · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
Speculative Technologies Parpa · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
The Curious Maverick · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
The Miami Native · Key Biscayne, FL · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
Vmind Technologies · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Research Grants
$50,000
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$50,000
Leverage Research · Oakland, CA · 2021
Research Grants
$50,000
Mmon Co · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Research Grants
$50,000
Moth Minds · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Research Grants
$50,000
Rhodus · New York, NY · 2021
Research Grants
$48,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$43,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$43,000
Saint Mary'S College of California · Moraga, CA · 2021
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
$42,000
Ethical Compass Consulting Dba Compass Ethics · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Research Grants
$42,000
Yes in My Backyard · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Research Grant
$40,880
Human Flourishing Program Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Research and Education Grants
$40,000
Energy for Growth Hub · Washington, DC · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$40,000
Zero Billion · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Research and Education Grants
$40,000
Melagen Labs Corp · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Research and Education Grants
$40,000
Art of the Rural · Winona, MN · 2022
Research Grants
$39,757
Radian Placematters · Denver, CO · 2022
Research Grants
$38,500
Unc-Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Research and Education Grants

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.